We may be getting an early look at the iPhone X Plus and 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, rumored to be coming this September. These renders of the 2018 iPhones were shared by phone site MySmartPrice in conjunction with mobile leaker and renderer OnLeaks. He says he bases his renders on factory CAD info, but it’s worth noting that these are …
Read More »TimeLine Layout
June, 2018
-
1 June
Facebook is shutting down its Trending Topics section
Facebook will remove its troubled “Trending Topics” section next week, the company said Friday, signaling that the controversial feature was better off dead as Facebook builds different products for news. The section, which takes up important real estate on the social network’s desktop interface, has faced backlash since it first rolled out in 2014. Often criticized for surfacing conspiracies and fake …
Read More » -
1 June
See the leaked Motorola One Power show off an iPhone X
A real-life picture of the rumored Motorola One Power may have just leaked, potentially giving us our first clear look at the phone’s design. The picture was shared by phone blog 91mobiles. It apparently reveals the Motorola One Power has a notched display, just like the iPhone X and several other iPhone X copycats. But unlike the iPhone, the One Power may come with a …
Read More » -
1 June
How the OnePlus 6 could have been nearly perfect
Best-value phone for price! Undercuts the premium models! OnePlus once again made magic with the OnePlus 6, a phone whose performance-for-value was good enough to snag a rare CNET Editors’ Choice Award. Here’s the thing, though. The power of OnePlus, a Chinese brand out of Shenzhen, isn’t that it’s crested the pinnacle of mobile design and performance. It’s that the …
Read More » -
1 June
Get a ‘free’ iPhone 8 from US Cellular when you add a line with unlimited data
US Cellular just launched an “iPhone 8 for $0” offer with no trade-in required. The carrier also has discounts for the iPhone X ($10 a month for 30 months), iPhone 8 Plus ($3 a month for 30 months) and LG G7 ThinQ ($300 off). But there’s really no such thing as a free iPhone 8, which is why these types …
Read More » -
1 June
Spotify cancels its ‘R. Kelly’ hateful
Spotify canceled its controversial hateful-conduct policy on Friday in a policy update post. Earlier this month, Spotify initiated a new policy addressing hate speech and hateful conduct, which let the music-streaming service remove songs or artists from its service or bury them without any promotion, like banning them from playlists. Under the new policy, Spotify stopped promoting the music of at least two …
Read More » -
1 June
All
The concept phone that nearly melted our eyes when we first saw it is close to being an Actual Thing. Come June 12, Vivo will officially launch the Nex phone in Shanghai, a truly all-screen design with no notch. So, where does it put the camera? No joke, the concept phone we saw (which was called Apex back in February) …
Read More » -
1 June
Computex is Asia’s biggest
Each year in June, just about every head in the tech world starts dutifully craning toward California to see what genius Apple will come up with next at WWDC. But this June, there’s a whole other world of tech happening outside the US. Forget WWDC, forget E3, forget Silicon Valley — if you want to see how the rest of …
Read More » -
1 June
9 Siri remote shortcuts you should be using
With only six buttons and a clicking touchpad, the Siri Remote for the Apple TV seems like an overly-simplified remote, especially when you consider everything the streamer can do. It gets its job done pretty well, even if the trackpad can be a bit cumbersome at times. In fact, if you’re not using Siri all that much, you’re likely missing …
Read More » -
1 June
AT&T ditches court fight challenging FTC’s authority over broadband
AT&T has given up efforts to challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. AT&T on Tuesday informed court officials that it would not file a petition to the US Supreme Court to challenge a lower court’s decision in the case. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of Northern California, accusing the company …
Read More »